Phrase guide

juniper berry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The berrylike female seed cone produced by the various species of junipers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

berrylike fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus especially the berrylike cone of the common juniper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fruit

History

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Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: ginebró — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Chinese Mandarin: 杜松子 (dùsōngzǐ) — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Czech: jalovčinka — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Czech: jalovcová bobule — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Danish: enebær — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Esperanto: juniperbero — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Estonian: kadakamari — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Finnish: katajanmarja — female seed cone of a juniper
  • French: genièvre — female seed cone of a juniper
  • French: baie de genièvre — female seed cone of a juniper
  • German: Wacholderbeere — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Ancient Greek: ἀρκευθίς (arkeuthís) — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Ancient Greek: κεδρίς (kedrís) — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Hungarian: borókabogyó — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Icelandic: einiber — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Irish: caor aitil — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Latvian: kadiķoga — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Lithuanian: kãdaguogė — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Norwegian Bokmål: einebær — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Norwegian Bokmål: einerbær — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: einebær — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: einerbær — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Polish: szyszkojagoda — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Portuguese: baga de zimbro — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Russian: можжевёловая я́года (možževjólovaja jágoda) — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Scottish Gaelic: dearc-aitinn — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Spanish: baya de enebro — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Spanish: enebrina — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Swahili: beri ya mreteni — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Swedish: enbär — female seed cone of a juniper
  • Turkish: ardıç meyvesi — female seed cone of a juniper